Kuwait denies funds theft by top officials

Kuwait City, June 12, 2014

Kuwait’s government has disputed allegations by the opposition that billions of dollars were stolen from public funds by former senior officials, saying documents supporting the claims are fake.

Prominent opposition leader Mussallam Al Barrak told a huge rally in Kuwait City that former senior officials stole around $50 billion from public funds over the past seven years, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

He provided foreign bank accounts and documents showing transfers that he said backed up his allegations.